LaSondra Barrett scored all of her 12 points in the final 20 minutes for the Lady Tigers (15-8, 5-5 Southeastern Conference), who came in having lost five of six games but rarely trailed as the Wildcats managed to shoot only 35 percent.

A’dia Mathies scored all of her 12 points in the second half for Kentucky.

No. 2 Notre Dame 90, DePaul 70: Natalie Novosel scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half to help Notre Dame coast to a victory over DePaul.

The Irish (23-1, 10-0 Big East) scored 56 points in the first half, shooting 72 percent from the field — including hitting six of their seven 3-pointers.

No. 15 Purdue 77, Illinois 66: Sam Ostarello scored a career-high 21 points and matched her season-high with 13 rebounds to help Purdue remain on top of the Big Ten with a victory over Illinois.

Courtney Moses also had 21 points for the Boilermakers (19-5, 9-2 Big Ten), who were coming off a thrilling triple overtime loss to Nebraska on Thursday. They moved a half-game in front of the Cornhuskers in the conference standings.

No. 19 Penn State 68, Minnesota 65: Mia Nickson scored 20 points and Alex Bentley added 16 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 38.9 seconds to play, to help Penn State rally for a victory over Minnesota.

The Lady Lions (18-5, 8-3 Big Ten) trailed by 15 points in the first half and still trailed by three with 90 seconds remaining. But Penn State closed the game on an 8-2 run to secure its eighth win in its past 10 games.

The Lady Raiders trailed early, but closed the first half on a 19-2 run. Missouri scored one basket over the final 10 minutes of the half and committed 15 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

Texas Tech (16-6, 4-6) led 34-19 at halftime.

Missouri pulled within 13 points midway through the second half on two free throws by Christine Flores. But the Lady Raiders pushed the lead to 27 points with a 16-2 run over the next 4 minutes.

Sydney Crafton scored 13 points to lead Missouri (10-11, 0-10).

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